Oil-burner



(No Model.)

W. R. PARKS.

OIL BURNER.

No. 402,853. Patented May 7, 1889.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM R. PARKS,- OF PALMER, MASSACHUSETTS.

OIL-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,853, dated May '7,1889.

Application filed December 7, 1888. Serial No. 292,948. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. PARKS, of Palmer, in the county ofHampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Oil-Burir ers, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart thereof.

My invention relates to oil-burners for use in connection with stovesand furnaces in which the oil passes through a heated retort in which itis vaporized into a receiver containing the burner proper orignition-vent.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of suchoil-burners in such manner as to insure the proper combustion of all ofthe vapor or gas generated, and thereby prevent the waste of oil.

So far as I am aware oil-burners for use in stoves or furnaces haveheretofore comprised a plurality of vents or burners proper with asingle retort and receiver, and the result has been that it has beenfound to be impracticable to regulate the flow of oil in such a way asto cause a perfect combustion at each of said vents, and where two ventsare used, for example, while one will have a reasonably perfectcombustion, the other will permit a large amount of the gas to pass offin the form of smoke, thus not only rendering the use of the burnerdisagreeable, but causing a considerable Waste of oil. Again, in suchburners as heretofore constructed the vapor or gas passes directly fromthe retort to the vents in the receiver without affording sufficientopportunity for the decomposed vapor or gas to separate itself from thatwhich is only partially decomposed, thereby again causing a waste ofoil, besides impairing the heating capacity of the burner. I have foundthat these objections to existing burners can be overcome by utilizing aseparate retort and receiver for each vent and by so constructing thereceiver that the vapor or gas in passing from the retort to the ventwill be compelled to pass through a considerable space within thereceiver; and my invention therefore consists in the oil-burnerembodying these features, hereinafter fully described, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters designate like parts inthe several fig-" the feed-pipe a entering it at one end, and having thecombustion-flue a passing transversely therethrough near said end. Aflamedeflector, a is supported upon the retort and above said fine a bymeans of suitable standards, as shown. Near the opposite end of theretort a pipe, 19, leads downwardly to the receiver B, which ispreferably oval in form, as shown. The receiver is provided in its upperside with vent I), located centrally beneath the flue a, or may beprovided in lieu of said vent with a burner similar to an ordinarygasburner, in which case the flue a, instead of bein g circular incross-section, as shown,will prefi erably be made oblong. Located withinthe receiver B is a diaphragm, b extending from top to bottom thereofand from the side wall at a point near the mouth of pipe I), between themouth of said pipe and vent b, to a point just short of the end wall ofthe receiver upon the opposite side of said vent, thus leaving a narrowspace between the end of said diaphragm and the wall of the receiver, asshown.

The oil passes from feed-pipe a through the retort to pipe I), thencethrough said pipe into receiver 13, and within said receiver around theend of diaphragm b to vent b, where it retort to the vent, and the morehighly heated portion of the vapor is thereby permitted to rise to thetop of the receiver, while the less highly heated portion thereof,remaining at the bottom of the receiver, receives the direct heatingaction of the vapor constantly passm g through pipe Z) from the retort.A perfect combustion is thus insured, as well as a considerable savingin the quantity of oil consumed within a given period of time.

By using a single vent or burner with each retort and receiver,moreover, I am enabled to perfectly control the flow of vapor to theburner, and thereby prevent the waste of oil incident to a smokingburner. Whenever more than one burner is required, each will be providedwith its individual retort and receiver, as herein described and shown.

It will be observed that, as the feed-pipe enters the retort at one endof the latter and the vapor-conducting pipe I) is located at or near theopposite end thereof, the oil is compelled to pass over a veryconsiderable area of heated surface, whereby vaporization is rapidlysecured and the heating capacity of the burner greatly enhanced.

The burner herein described is adapted for use in connection with stovesand furnaces generally; but I have devised it with especial reference touse in furnaces of low-pressure steam-boilers, wherein it forms aneconomical and convenient generator of heat.

I do not wish to limit myself to the exact form or relative proportionsof the several parts of the burner herein shown and described, asmodifications therein can be made without departing from the spirit ofmy invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The oil-burner herein described, consisting of retort A, having fluea passing therethrough and feed-pipe a entering the same at one endthereof, receiver B, having vent I), and provided with the diaphragm barranged therein, substantially as described, and pipe I), connectingsaid receiver with said retort, combined and operating substantially asset forth.

2. I11 an oil-burner of the kind herein described, the combination, withthe retort having a combustion-flue passing therethrough, of a receiverlocated beneath said retort and connected therewith by a pipe, saidreceiver having a vent located beneath said combustion-flue, and havingan interior diaphragm located between said vent and the mouth of theconnecting-pipe, said diaphragm being so arranged that the oil or vaporin its passage from said pipe to said vent will be compelled to traversethe greater portion of the length of said receiver, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

WILLIAM R. PARKS.

WVitnesses:

WV. H. CHAPMAN, J. E. CHAPMAN.

